TY - JOUR AB - Purpose– The paper aims to discuss the current development of sustainability accounting research, the identification of critical and managerial paths, and to assess of the future of sustainability accounting and reporting.Design/methodology/approach– The paper is a review of recent literature in sustainability accounting.Findings– Assessment of recent literature leads to the conclusion that both management decision making, through problem solving and scorekeeping, and a critical approach, through awareness raising, contribute to the development of sustainability accounting and reporting; however, the development of sustainability accounting and reporting should be orientated more towards improving management decision making.Originality/value– The paper is a systematic review of recent research developments in sustainability accounting. VL - 23 IS - 7 SN - 0951-3574 DO - 10.1108/09513571011080144 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/09513571011080144 AU - Burritt Roger L. AU - Schaltegger Stefan ED - Roger L. Burritt ED - Stefan Schaltegger PY - 2010 Y1 - 2010/01/01 TI - Sustainability accounting and reporting: fad or trend? T2 - Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 829 EP - 846 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -